Alegrias, Op.9
Violin and Piano beta difficulty
In brief

The piece feels both lyrical and lively, alternating dance-like sections with clear rhythmic drive and more singing episodes where the melody needs to breathe naturally. Technical challenges include the Style romantique (4.0/5), which here calls for measured rubato, appropriate vibrato placement and careful balance with the piano, and Phrasing (3.5/5), which requires concrete bow control (attack variation, direction changes and deliberate bow-length choices) to shape extended lines. The work's period is listed as unknown, but its Op.9 number places it relatively early in the composer's published output.

Listen to this work

No verified recording for this work yet. We add more every week.

Sheet music

Public-domain sheet music on IMSLP ↗

Is this the right work?
Formation

Violin and piano · 2 performers

Required forces
Violin 1 performers
Piano 1 performers
Playable parts
Violin Piano
MusicCoach difficulty
55/100
Intermediate
Likely range : 43–67/100
Confidence : 18% · to confirm
BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedVirtuoso
Exam grade
About grade 6

Estimated from our difficulty score, not taken from an exam syllabus. Checked against 333 works on the ABRSM syllabus: the exact grade is right 7 times out of 10, and within one grade 99 times out of 100.

Difficulty estimate by MusicCoach on a scale of 1 to 100.

Where this work sits
050100

Most works cluster between 45 and 65: a small score gap often marks a real step. The highlighted bar shows this work among those for the same instrument.

The MusicCoach difficulty measures a work's overall demands (technique, reading, stamina) on a shared 0-100 scale, consolidated from editorial and pedagogical reference points (Henle, exam syllabuses, curation) and our own analyses. It measures neither musical value nor the practice time YOU will need: two musicians of the same level can experience the same work very differently depending on their strengths (hands used to octaves, quick sight-reading…). The confidence reflects how many reference points sit behind the score and how well they agree — a lightly documented score is flagged “to validate”. For a truly personal bearing, the diagnostic and your space compare each work to YOUR estimated level, which the score alone cannot do.

Does this rating look right to you?

This rating is computed automatically from heterogeneous sources. It gets things wrong, sometimes badly. If you know this work, your answer is worth more than our computation: it tells us which ratings to review.

Add a note (optional)

Your note is not published on the site: it is read in review.

Relative difficulty
Among Ilya Mishchenkov
64%
Era
Genre
Estimated skills
Style
Romantic style
1
Style
Character and style
1
Interpretation
Phrasing
1
Interpretation
Dynamics
1
Tone
Vibrato
1
What to play next?

Each suggestion combines difficulty gap, risk, confidence and skill overlap. The first two cards in each column are the most useful pedagogically.

See the whole progression